Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Hashimi

سليمان بن داود الهاشمي

219 AH

Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas, Abu Ayyub al-Qurashi al-Hashimi of Baghdad (d. 219 or 220) — an 'Abbasid of Ibn 'Abbas's own line who studied under al-Shafi'i and transmitted to Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ahmad said: 'if I were asked to choose one man as caliph over the community I would choose Sulayman b. Dawud al-Hashimi', and al-Shafi'i: 'I never saw two more intelligent men than Sulayman b. Dawud and Ahmad b. Hanbal' 1.

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Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

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  1. Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , p. 263
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